Off Market: Blazing Hot/Potential Investment mare

"Hope" is a gorgeous mare that is a very natural talent that has even more left to tap into. As is, she has already proven to me that she has the presence for the showpen for western pleasure. All her points are in a handful of shows and in open classes. She has personality plus and is ready to hit the show season hard this year as she has already gotten her feet wet with a little seasoning this year already. Feel free to email or call if interested: 218-251-2470

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Pets & Animals

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• AQHA
• mare
• western pleasure
• blazing hot
• potential investment

[NovakEquineCenter]

Hi BandFQuarterhorses...I do still have this mare...she is currently preparing for the novice youth classes with the owner's grandson...The owner decided to keep her

[ksehleiter]

Could you post a video on how to slow a horse down?

[NovakEquineCenter]

@ksehleiter

I am going to be putting on a clinic here at my place on Feb. 19th and 20th. It will be set up as one-on-one 1 hr sessions all day. Ill be recording everything and have no doubts we'll be addressing this on many of the horses..as its a very common thing. Unfortunately, slow down is a multifold answer...its not rocketscience, but definitely goes beyond just the speed. For the most part the speed is a result of how balanced or unbalanced a horse is as well as supple. You address

[NovakEquineCenter]

@ksehleiter

These deeper rooted issues and you'll naturally get 95% of your slow down...the last 5% comes with a little more "showing them what they are capable of" :) or encouragement...hehe...anyhow, yes, we'll be posting pieces of it as well as putting the rides together in videos for sale.

[ksehleiter]

That makes sense. I have to use spurs on my qh mare because she is lazy and my legs would get so tired from having to kick her. What type of bit do you use when teaching a horse to lower their heads? I really like your training techniques. Keep posting videos....they are very educational.

[NovakEquineCenter]

@ksehleiter

to have a little less "lock down" of the shoulders cuz they are naturally more "tight shouldered" keeping them square. Then I have my misc. bits that I use like a slightly longer shanked "tom thumb" type bit for the kind of horse that tends to be so relaxed in his jaw that his entire jaw clunks with his stride and too big/heavy a bit motions too much in his mouth causing discomfort. Hope that helps a little. :)

[BandFQuarterHorses]

Is this horse still with ;you

[etiennegirls]

where do you live



[NovakEquineCenter]

@ksehleiter

established, then comes the decision on which bit to use. I personally have a couple main bits that seem to be liked by most all my horses. I have a tendency to use a low ported sweet iron spoon bit (like a california) on horses that tend to be overbridlers, or "wiggly" in the shoulders (harder to keep straight). I like to use a split shanked snaffle or A frame correction bit on horses that like to nose out too far and drop their shoulders with their nose extension or that need

[NovakEquineCenter]

@ksehleiter

Thanks. Im glad the vids have info that helps..:) When it comes to deciding what to use for a bit, the horse's head position should be 90% there with a regular snaffle (smooth, med twist, or sml twist - dependent on horse's tendency to wanna drop shoulders). Head position is actually more how much the horse is dropping in his back end yet keeping a flow through the back. Also, the straightness of his shoulders makes this easier or harder. Once you've gotten this mostly